Egg-shipping case.



F. KOHT.

EGG SHIPPING CASE. APPucATwN Hummm-21.1914. RENEwED MARA 10,1911.

1,223,055. Patented Apr. 17,1917.

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EGG SHIPPING CA'SE. APPucATloN Hanlon-27,1914. nENEwED MAR. 10,1911.

1,223,055. Patented Apr. 17,1917.

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,QH X M TEN orario FRANK KoHT, oF DES MOINES, row-A.`

EGG-SHIPPING CASE.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 17, 41917.

Application filed J'une 27, 1914, Serial No. 847,616. Renewed March 10, 1917. Serial No. 153,821.

To all whom z't may concern.' Y

Be it known that I, FRANK KoH'r, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented an Improvement in Egg-Shipping Cases, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved construction for cases or packages or containers in which to4 ship or transport eggs, particularly by parcel post, by and through the use of which case, package or container the breakage of eggs in transit may be eliminated, the counting' of the eggs be facilitated, and sale of the eggsin original packages be readily effected.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved construction for a blank for a cushioning member of an eggshipping case or package, whereby said member may be made of a single sheet of material by pressing, stamping and folding.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved construction for a unitary container in which eggs, in predetermined number, may be packed, shipped, sold and delivered to the consumer without risk of breakage.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved construction for a unitary container in which eggs may conveniently be inspected and candled.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claim and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a plan of a blank from which each of counterpart cushioning members is made. Fig. 2 is a plan of a completed cushioning member. Fig. 3 is an elevation, partly in section,'showing two of the cushioning members assembled, containing eggs, and mounted in a container as required for practical use. Fig. l is a detail sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of a portion of the blank, dotted lines showing vthe position of one part in the completed device. Fig. 5

packed in a cell case preparatory to or after shipment, the cell case being open at its top for removal or insertion of the containers. Fig. 6 is a perspective of an open container adapted to receive the cushioning members and eggs to be packed therein, and

1s a plan showing a plurality of containersr in turn adapted to be closed and packed in the cell case.

1n the construction of the device as shown a cell-case 10 is employed, which preferably is constructed of cell-board and is `formed with inwardly-folding flaps 11, 12, 13 and 14; at one end, the flaps 13 and 14 Vbeing adapted to overlie the flaps 11 and 12 and be secured,by a tie (not shown) engaging the outer members of tie-buttons `15.` The interior of the cell-case 10 is divided into cells or compartments of any desired size and number (in this instance 12) by vinterengaging partitions 16, which partitions also preferably are made of cell-board or similar light and cushioning material.' The cells or compartments of the case 10 preferably are of greater. height than width or thickness, that is to say, have their lengths in vertical planes, and are adapted to receive snugly-fitting boxes or containers 17, one of said boxes or containers being seated (by lengthwise movement) in each such cell or compartment. Each box or container 17 (Figs. 3 and 6) preferably is formed of a single sheet of material such as paper or card-board by folding and i's in the main of rectangular form in' each face. The box or container 17 is formed with a folding cover 18 integral with one side and said cover is formed with a wing or extension or flap 19 adapted to be received within the box'. A pair of counterpart cushioning members 20, 21 are mounted in opposite and spaced relations in each box or Vcontainer 17 (Fig. 3) and are adapted to support eggs 22 therein. Each cushioning member consists of a rectangular body having egg-seats 23 therein, and end aps orvwings24t, 25 and side flaps or Wings 26, 27. The member 21 is placed in the lower portion of the box 17, the flaps thereof being ex tended downwardly at right angles to the body (but disconnected at the corners) and resting on the bottom of the box. The egg-seats 23 of the member 21 extend toward but not to the bottom of the box. Then the eggs are placed on. end in the seats 23 of the member 21 and the member 2O is placed in 'the box in such manner as to receive the upper ends of the eggs in its seats 23, which seats and the iiaps of said member 2O extend toward-the top of said box. The size of the seats 23 as related to the eggs is such that the eggs prevent the members coming in contact withinthe box;

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the member 20 being pressed inward ,by closing the cover 18 and the flap 19 being received between the outer side of the box and the adjacent side The seats 23 of the member 20 also hold the eggs out of contact with boX under normal conditions. In the event the eggs do, under some conditions, contact with the cover and bottom of the boX 17, the risk of breakage is eliminated in the arrangement of the longest diameters of the eggs to resist pressure from such source. rlhe members 2O and 21, together with the eggs therein, may be conjunctively lifted out of the box for convenient and rapid inspection of candling of the eggs, and may be replaced in like manner, without handling individual eggs. The eggs are cushioned and separated by the seats 23 in the members; are further protected by mounting of the members in the boxes 17 and are further and fully or completely protected by insertion of the boXes on end in the cellcase. Hence the cell-case and entire package, when closed, presents effective resistance to breakage in ordinary handling and carriage.

Each cushioning member is'formed of a blank (Fig. l) having a rectangular body bounded by grooves or depressions 2S, 29, 30 and 31 on right lines and notched at the corners, 3Q, to produce wings 24, 25, E26 and 27 above mentioned. The grooves or depressions serve the useful purpose of permitting the wings to be folded conveniently into positions at right angles to the body. The body of the blank is formed with a plurality of spaced circular holes 33 and each hole is surrounded by slits 3d radiating therefrom.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the flap of the member 20. Y

the cover of the The slits 311. adjacent arranged in staggeredrelations to the slits surrounding adjacent holes, thus tending to strength Vand stability in the finished article. VThose portions 35 of the body of the blank contained radially of the holes 33 may be pressed outward uniform distances and so as to form obtuse angles with the body to' produce the cushioning seats 23 of the finished article. Dotted lines in Fig. 1 indicate the angles between the body and the parts 35 when 'the latter are pressed outward, and such outward pressing may ing the operation of manufacture or, more imperfectly, by hand or during the operation of placing eggs therein. The grooves in the blank preferably are made with a die and the side and end flaps preferably are folded by hand preliminary t0 use, being left extended until desired for use to economize space in packing.

I claim as my invention- In combination with a boX, horizontal members removably mounted therein and spaced vertically, of alined openings formed therein, said openings having, radiating therefrom, slits to produce lingers for yieldingly engaging the ends of the eggs when engaged between the members, the adjacent slits of each opening being arranged in staggered relation, said members having oppositely extending side and end wings for engaging the top and bottom of the box.

FRANK KOHT. l/Vitnesses:

Grao. EARHART, E. D. MARSHALL.

Commissioner o Patents.

Washington, D. GJ

any given hole 33 are betweenv the slits 3d and said members having rows be done with a die dur- 

